Amend CSHB 3242 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the bill (Senate committee printing,
page 1, lines 13-25) and substitute the following:
SECTION 1. Section 2155.062, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), in [In] purchasing
goods and services the commission may use, but is not limited to,
the:
(1) contract purchase procedure;
(2) multiple award contract procedure, including
under any schedules developed under Subchapter I;
(3) open market purchase procedure; or
(4) reverse auction procedure.
(d) In this subchapter [section], "reverse auction
procedure" means:
(1) a real-time bidding process usually lasting less
than one hour and taking place at a previously scheduled time and
Internet location, in which multiple suppliers, anonymous to each
other, submit bids to provide the designated goods or services; or
(2) a bidding process usually lasting less than two
weeks and taking place during a previously scheduled period and at a
previously scheduled Internet location, in which multiple
suppliers, anonymous to each other, submit bids to provide the
designated goods or services.
(e) The commission and other state agencies may not use the
reverse auction procedure in purchasing services related to the
construction, remodeling, repair, or maintenance of a building or
other public work.
(2) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section
2155.085(a), Government Code (Senate committee printing, page 1,
line 31), immediately preceding "made by a state agency", insert
"that are".
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in proposed Section
2155.085(a), Government Code (Senate committee printing, page 1,
line 32) immediately following "fiscal year", insert ", and for
which the reverse auction procedure may be used,".